Europe's largest business university, WU sees offering master's programmes in English as a means to stay competitive. This paper highlights the roles of English and other languages at a strategic level in the university as well as in intercultural student teams. The data is taken from a multi-modal research project investigating students' language and interaction in teamwork on English-medium programmes. The results show that students use English as the medium of communication in and out of class ...
Tópico(s): EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
2015 - Elsevier BV | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Xue Wu, Anna Mauranen, Lei Lei,
This study complements previous research on linguistic features of English as a lingua franca (ELF) from a syntactic complexity perspective. Specifically, the present study seeks to find out how ELF users express meaning relations in research articles using different syntactic structures. The same syntactic phenomena are also analyzed in comparable texts written in American English (AmE) to see in which way ELF writing is shaping research writing in English. Our findings show that the values of nine ...
Tópico(s): Gender Studies in Language
2019 - Elsevier BV | Journal of English for Academic Purposes
This paper examines BELF (Business English as a Lingua Franca) teaching and researching in China. A literature review is conducted using the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database. This survey includes a cursory literature search on BELF and a thorough literature study of 12 Chinese major academic journals. From the data collected in this study several findings emerge. First, BELF teaching and research has been on the rise since the founding of the People’s Republic of China; and ...
Tópico(s): EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
2013 - Canadian Center of Science and Education | International Education Studies
This paper examines BELF (Business English as a Lingua Franca) teaching and researching in China. A literature review is conducted using the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database. This survey includes a cursory literature search on BELF and a thorough literature study of 12 Chinese major academic journals. From the data collected in this study several findings emerge. First, BELF teaching and research has been on the rise since the founding of the People’s Republic of China; and ...
Tópico(s): EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
2013 - Canadian Center of Science and Education | International Education Studies
Shuhua Li, Dahai Wu, Jie Qin, Jimin Bao, Hongjin Shi,
Tópico(s): Tracheal and airway disorders
2014 - Springer Science+Business Media | European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Abstract Many researchers agree that multicultural teams are a “double-edged sword” with the potential for high levels of creativity and production, but also conflict. This paper argues that effective communication is vital for developing “virtuous,” rather than vicious, circles and that research into (B)ELF offers an insight into what effective communication in multicultural and multilingual teams can look like. The conceptual frame develops research into ELF and BELF by also drawing on organisational ...
Tópico(s): Team Dynamics and Performance
2017 - De Gruyter | Journal of English as a Lingua Franca
Abstract This paper investigates the roles of disagreement and trust in multicultural teamwork on an English-medium master’s programme at an Austrian business university. The teamwork project – assigned by the content teacher – took place mostly outside the classroom and simulated business practice both in terms of the tasks and the multicultural context. Each team comprised two Austrian students and two international students, resulting in an English as a lingua franca (ELF) setting. The teams were ...
Tópico(s): Team Dynamics and Performance
2018 - De Gruyter | Journal of English as a Lingua Franca
Dahai Wu, Hongjin Shi, Xiaohong Guo, Shuhua Li,
The lingua/pharynx (L/P) ratio has high sensitivity and specificity in predicting the severity of retroglossal obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).To evaluate the diagnostic value of the L/P ratio in predicting the severity of retroglossal obstruction in patients with OSAHS.Airway computed tomography (CT) was performed in 115 patients with OSAHS. The retroglossal cross-sectional area (RCSA) was measured at the axial level of the hypopharynx, immediately superior ...
Tópico(s): Dysphagia Assessment and Management
2013 - Taylor & Francis | Acta Oto-Laryngologica
Abstract Lin (2017), according to the author, “offers a refutation of Chomsky’s Universal Grammar (UG) from a novel perspective”. Unfortunately, “novel” does not mean logical or valid. On the contrary, as I will show in this refutation of Lin’s refutation, there is a profound and fundamental misunderstanding in Lin’s interpretation of UG. His refutation only proves his superficial understanding of the questions raised and discussed, which nevertheless are worth discussing and explaining. I take each ...
Tópico(s): Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
2020 - De Gruyter Mouton | Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
This paper deals with the puzzling Chinese verb doubling construction in the schema of lian…dou (verb doubling lian…dou construction, VDLD) from a parsing perspective. Within the framework of Dynamic Syntax (Kempson et al., 2001, Cann et al., 2005) which allows the interaction between structural, semantic and pragmatic information, it is shown that VDLD can receive a straightforward explanation on the assumption that the construction is licensed by an explicit or implicit context. Specifically, it ...
Tópico(s): Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
2018 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
... The evidential category of mutual knowledge in Quechua, Lingua 186-187 (Jan 2017): 88–109.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2014.07.014Montserrat González, Paolo Roseano, Joan Borràs- ... marking in discourse: Effects of register and debatability, Lingua 186-187 (Jan 2017): 68–87.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2014.11.008SÜMEYRA TOSUN, JYOTSNA VAID Making a ... 1111/j.1749-818X.2008.00069.xMargaret Speas , Lingua 118, no.55 (May 2008): 754–759.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2006.11.013Mario Squartini Lexical vs. grammatical evidentiality ...
Tópico(s): Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
2001 - University of Chicago Press | International Journal of American Linguistics
One of the approaches to exploring the interactional and persuasive nature of academic writing is through the use of stance features in texts. Adopting a corpus-based analysis, this study compared how MA and PhD applied linguistics dissertations/theses in the Chinese mainland differed in terms of stance making in their texts. Two corpora were built for the study, an MA dissertation corpus and a PhD thesis corpus. The MA dissertations and PhD theses in each case were written by the same writers. ...
Tópico(s): Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
2021 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
... 2017), we argued that business English as a lingua franca (BELF) speakers lack common ground (CG) and core CG and explored the role of metapragmatic expressions (MPEs) in creating emergent CG in BELF meetings. Zhang and Wu commented on our article in this volume, arguing ...
Tópico(s): EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
2019 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Pragmatics
In the context of increasingly frequent cooperation and exchanges at all levels between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, the country's and society's demand for Portuguese-speaking talents is increasing even more. The training of Portuguese talent meets the new historic opportunities, at the same time, faces a situation that requires reforms and innovation. Classroom teaching highlights the transition from “teaching” to “learning” and encourages teachers to design and carry out student-centered ...
Tópico(s): Education Pedagogy and Practices
2022 - | Revista Científica Semana Acadêmica
Stefan Theußl, Uwe Ligges, Kurt Hornik,
R, a software package for statistical computing and graphics, has evolved into the lingua franca of (computational) statistics. One of the cornerstones of R's success is the decentralized and modularized way of creating software using a multi-tiered development model: The R Development Core Team provides the "base system", which delivers basic statistical functionality, and many other developers contribute code in the form of extensions in a standardized format via so-called packages. In order to ...
Tópico(s): Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
2010 - Springer Science+Business Media | Computational Statistics
... linguistic distance: A study on South Ethiosemitic languages, Lingua 243 (Aug 2020): 102893.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2020.102893Ian Joo Phonosemantic biases found in Leipzig- ... integrated dialect analysis tool using phonetics and acoustics, Lingua 221 (Apr 2019): 37–48.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2019.01.007Karlien Franco, Dirk Geeraerts, Dirk Speelman, ... Jacobs The genesis of Chavacano revisited and solved, Lingua 215 (Nov 2018): 53–77.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2018.09.006Rachel Watson Patterns of lexical correlation ...
Tópico(s): Authorship Attribution and Profiling
1955 - University of Chicago Press | International Journal of American Linguistics
The article investigates the transformation of the image of the Chinese government in the process of translating its Annual Work Reports (AWR) into English. The focus is the linguistic choice of Agency, which specifies whether an event is presented as happening by itself or being caused by an external agent. By analyzing both the Chinese AWRs and their translations diachronically (2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016), the study finds that the modest and inclusive image of the government in the Chinese reports ...
Tópico(s): Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
2018 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
... approach to Chinese syllable structure and tone sandhi, Lingua 258 (Jul 2021): 103048.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103048Tsung-Ying Chen An inductive learning bias ... tones in the speech of Southern Thai bidialectals, Lingua 41, no.22 (Mar 1977): 125–143.https:// ...
Tópico(s): Neuroscience and Music Perception
1967 - University of Chicago Press | International Journal of American Linguistics
Practices versus perceptions of English use in multicultural communications - Niina Hynninen, Language Regulation in English as a Lingua Franca. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2016. Pp. ix + 317. Hardback $140, ISBN 9781614517689 - Volume 34 Issue 2
Tópico(s): Multilingual Education and Policy
2017 - Cambridge University Press | English Today
... analysis of institutional responses to quality audit evaluations, Lingua 237 (Apr 2020): 102811.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2020.102811Elizabeth Balbachevsky The Diffusion of Policies for ... 2014): 215824401452978.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244014529780Gang Wu, Sammy Chung The Internationalisation of UK’s HE ... 10.1057/9780230339361_5Chia-Wei Tang, Cheng-Ta Wu Obtaining a picture of undergraduate education quality: a ...
Tópico(s): Global Education and Multiculturalism
2000 - University of Chicago Press | Comparative Education Review
This article examines the distribution and interpretation of the bare classifier phrase [Cl+N] in three Sinitic languages of Mandarin, Wu and Cantonese. We show that [Cl+N] can be interpreted as definite or indefinite depending on pragmatic factors related to information structure and word order. Syntactically, we claim that indefinite [Cl+N] has the maximal projection of ClP and that definite [Cl+N] is a DP, where the D head is filled by the classifier via Cl-to-D raising. Semantically, we claim that ...
Tópico(s): Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
2012 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
Though a popular and somewhat controversial topic in discussions on language in IB, the notion of English as a (business) lingua franca/(B)ELF still lacks clear conceptualisation.This paper argues that research in IB and linguistics can be mutually complementary and supportive in conceptualising BELF, and that it is important to separate the concept of BELF from that of a common corporate language.The paper synthesises key works from both disciplines to conceptualise BELF as an emergent, multilingual ...
Tópico(s): EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
2017 - | European J of International Management
... non-linguistic evidence from the north of Bali, Lingua 215 (Nov 2018): 40–52.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2018.09.005Tatiana Nikitina Frames of reference in ... 2010).https://doi.org/10.4000/corela.999Fuxiang Wu Origin and Evolution of the Locative Term HÒU ' ...
Tópico(s): Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
1989 - University of Chicago Press | International Journal of American Linguistics
... M. Fried, and Darian Ibrahim Delaware Law as Lingua Franca: Theory and Evidence, The Journal of Law ... J. Broughman, Darian M. Ibrahim Delaware Law as Lingua Franca: Evidence from VC-Backed Startups, SSRN Electronic ...
Tópico(s): Regulation and Compliance Studies
1977 - University of Chicago Press | The Journal of Legal Studies
Tópico(s): Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
2010 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
Retrospection and expectation - Will Baker , Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2015. Pp. viii + 284. Hardback £74.99, ISBN 978-1-5015-1062-5 - Volume 33 Issue 4
Tópico(s): Second Language Learning and Teaching
2017 - Cambridge University Press | English Today
A comprehensive overview of English as a lingua franca research - Jennifer Jenkins, Will Baker & Martin Dewey, The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca. London & New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. xix + 620. Hardback £165/$240, ISBN 978-1-13885-532-8. - Volume 35 Issue 4
Tópico(s): EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
2019 - Cambridge University Press | English Today
Though a popular and somewhat controversial topic in discussions on language in IB, the notion of English as a (business) lingua franca/(B)ELF still lacks clear conceptualisation. This paper argues that research in IB and linguistics can be mutually complementary and supportive in conceptualising BELF, and that it is important to separate the concept of BELF from that of a common corporate language. The paper synthesises key works from both disciplines to conceptualise BELF as an emergent, multilingual ...
Tópico(s): EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
2018 - | European J of International Management
Recent discussions of Mandarin phonology have appealed to various aspects of phonetic duration as support for hypotheses concerning the structure of the syllable. But the actual empirical evidence for these claims is based on early studies typically conducted with a limited number of speakers (often just one) using varied methods of data collection and analysis. This paper provides a more firm empirical foundation for various durational reflections of the Mandarin syllable based on the analysis of ...
Tópico(s): Speech Recognition and Synthesis
2015 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
Chia-chien Chang, Michelle Min-chia Wu,
With the spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF), interpreting researchers have started to explore its effects on interpreting quality and on the conference interpreting profession as a whole. This ...
Tópico(s): Translation Studies and Practices
2014 - John Benjamins Publishing Company | Interpreting International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting